Title: Fatal Error When Activating Plugin
Last modified: August 9, 2017

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# Fatal Error When Activating Plugin

 *  [douglib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/douglib/)
 * (@douglib)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-40/)
 * Just installed the plug in. When I try to activate it I get the following message:
 * Fatal Error
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION, expecting ‘)’ in /home2/libervr9/
   public_html/wp-content/plugins/gmail-smtp/google-api-php-client/src/Google/autoload.
   php on line 19
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ffatal-error-when-activating-plugin-40%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Noor Alam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naa986/)
 * (@naa986)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-40/#post-9432944)
 * Hi, Are you using PHP version 5.4 or greater?

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 * Last reply from: [Noor Alam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naa986/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-40/#post-9432944)
 * Status: not resolved